Beaufighter Part 3

  The Bristol Beaufighter kit from Tamiya has two very nice Hercules engines. One could spend quite a bit of time super detailing them up. However is it really required? Looking at the engine cowlings the engines are actually situated well back in the cowling. So far back that it’s very hard to see much. Keep in mind there will also be a very large propeller obscuring the view as well. Choices like this are one of the things I love about the hobby, you have the choice to do what you want. In this case, I’ve chosen not to detail up the engines as most of the detail will never be seen. The photos show the result, even using flash the detail is very hard to see. I’d rather spend my time on other facets of this kit.

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Paint Accuracy? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Paint Accuracy!

Jon Bius writes on his site about paint accuracy and his thoughts match mine. Full disclosure… I was not alive in March 1945 to supervise the color application to this particular Spitfire. (Sorry…) I know some will swear the color brands called for are spot on, others will say they’re not. The only one who truly knows, I suppose, is that guy in the nacho line at the IPMS-US Nationals with the stained t-shirt. Apart from him, or perhaps an actual, real paint chip or artifact that is well preserved, or an actual eyewitness, we’ll never really know. Ever. (Except Marty and the Doc…) Yet many will pull their hair out trying to find the exact color match. I’d like to submit that such an endeavor may not really be beneficial, either to your model, your mental health, and certainly to the rest of us around you who have to…

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Panzer II Painting

Time to prime it with Vallejo black surface primer.   Gave it 24 hours to set and then put a coat of Tamiya XF 59 Desert Yellow The decals have to be prepped. As they are quite old I brushed on a coat of Microscale Decal Film on them. I also primed and painted the tracks with Tamiya XF-56 Metallic Grey

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